The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1998
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
9:31 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.17° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.71° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.